BAD KNIGHT

9/4, GALLUP

Gallup Police Department Officer Douglas Hoffman responded to an early evening call  the Knights Inn at 1601 W. Hwy. 66 in reference to a burglary. At the scene, motel staff told Hoffman the male and female suspects had left the premises, traveling eastbound on Aztec Avenue.

At Aztec Avenue and Dean Street, Hoffman noticed two males fighting. Eric J. Martinez, 29, ran east into a parking lot. The other male shouted that he’d been stabbed. Hoffman ran after Martinez, who went to the ground and had blood on his hands and clothes.

The victim and a motel employee pointed out the woman, Shannon Etcitty, 29, who had been involved in the...

Suspects are natives of Dominican Republic

Two Florida men originally from the Dominican Republic were jailed Sept. 2 after they were arrested by deputies with the McKinley County Sheriff’s Office.

MCSO Lt. Pat Salazar said Jean Carlos Rodriguez-Williams, 26, of Land O’ Lakes, Fla., and Cleto Dominguez-Reyes, 35, of Tampa, Fla., were taken into custody after 29 pounds of marijuana was found in the vehicle in which the two were traveling. Salazar said the pair was charged with trafficking a controlled substance and conspiracy to distribute marijuana.

The arrests were made by MCSO undercover agents who recently underwent special training to handle roadway drug busts. Both...

Legal limit is .08

Calvin J. Charley

Sept. 1, 9:51 pm

3rd DWI, Aggravated

McKinley County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Tammy S. Houghtaling, was on scene at a motorcycle crash when she was advised of a white Ford Taurus speeding west on Hwy. 264 and unable to maintain its lane.

Another MCSO officer stopped the vehicle at the 3-mile marker of Hwy. 264 in Wildcat just before Houghtaling arrived on scene. Charley, 50, smelled of alcohol and had bloodshot, watery eyes. He slurred his words and stumbled when he exited the car.

Charley failed field sobriety tests and blew .18 twice during breath testing.

Willis George

Sept. 1, 9:21 pm

DWI, Aggravated

George, 35, backed into...

Defendant is one of 34 charged

ALBUQUERQUE – Robert Alan Rutledge, 34, of Alamogordo, pleaded guilty Sept. 6 in federal court in Las Cruces, to methamphetamine trafficking crime charges. Under the terms of his plea agreement, Rutledge will be sentenced to 48 months in prison followed, by a term of supervised release to be determined by the court.

Rutledge was one of 34 individuals charged in December 2015 with federal and tribal drug offenses as the result of an 18-month multi-agency investigation led by the DEA and BIA into methamphetamine trafficking on the Mescalero Apache Reservation.

Eighteen defendants, including five members of the Mescalero Apache Tribe and 13 non-Natives...